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Integrating Historic Preservation into Disaster Planning and Recovery
1. Integrating Historic Preservation
into Disaster Planning and
Recovery
Statewide Conference on Heritage, Lancaster, PA
WALTER W. GALLAS, AICP | JULY 18, 2012
14. FEMA-Funded Demolitions
Mar. 2006 to Oct. 2008
• 9,215 Residential Properties Proposed by the City
• 1,121 Determined to be Listed or NR Eligible
• 821 NR Listed or Eligible Removed from FEMA-
Funded Demo List
• 300 NR Listed or Eligible Properties Demolished
Using FEMA Funds
• 5,809 Total Number of FEMA-Funded Demolitions
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47. A Few Lessons Out of New Orleans
• Need for a comprehensive master plan
• Need for a historic preservation plan
• Need for a neighborhood housing plan
• Need to educate leadership about the economic
role of historic preservation in planning and
redevelopment
• Demolition can become an end in itself without
the above plans and without your leadership’s
support
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48. A Few More Lessons Out of New Orleans
• Need for a competent code enforcement office
• Need to have standards and practices in place for
building assessment, citation for violations, and
remediation
• If you must demolish, recycle as much as possible
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49. Contact Information
Walter W. Gallas, AICP
Field Director
National Trust for Historic Preservation
6401 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19144
wgallas@savingplaces.org
Ph. 215-848-8033
www.preservationnation.org –search “disaster response”
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